Handle-die guard.



W.. E. SMALL.

. HANDLE DIE G'UARD. APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. 1915.

' Patented J uly 6, l915.

shoe/M101 COLUMBIA PLANOHRAPH CO.,WASHINOTON, D. c.

WILLIAM E. SSMALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HANDLE-DIE GUARD.

Application filed April 22, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VJILLIAM E. SMALL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and the State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Handle-Die Guards, of which the following is aspecification.

This is a safety device designed for the protection of users of handledies by preventing their placing any portion of their fingers or handsover the top of the die handle, while holding the die.

It is designed to fit the handle of any ordinary die and can be removedfrom one die and placed upon another.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an invertedplan view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one plate with its finger.

In Fig. 1 I have shown in dotted lines a portion of the die and handle,the guard being shown in position for use. This guard is formed of aplurality of plates 1 having curved inner and outer edges and inwardlyconverging side edges 2. The plates slightly overlap at their outercorners and are secured together by pins or rivets 3, the fasteningmeans being sufficiently loose to permit play of the plates, as onpivot. I have illustrated a guard having four of these plates, but alarger number may be employed, according to the diameter of the diehandle. ()nly three pivot pins are used with the four plates, two of theplates working freely on each other, thereby enabling the Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, I915.

Seria1No. 23,191.

guard to be adjusted to handles of varying sizes. Each plate carriesfrom its inner edge a depending transversely curved finger 4-, and adacent the plates the fingers have tongues 5 struck up from them, and ontheir outer faces. A coil spring is passed around the fingers and causesthem to grip the die handle, said spring being held in place by thetongues 5. This spring 6 rests imme diately under the plates 1 and outof the way of the hand of the operator.

By means of this guard the operator cannot place a finger or any part ofhis hand over the top of the die while holding it.

What I claim is 1. A guard for handle dies comprising a plurality ofpivotally connected plates, two adjacent plates working freely on eachother, and depending handle engaging fingers carried by said plates.

2. In a guard of the kind described, a series of plates adapted tooverlap at the corners, depending fingers carried by the plates andadapted to fit on a die handle, and a spring encircling said fingers,and resting beneath said plates.

3. In a guard for handle dies, a plurality of plates grouped-about acommon center, a portion of said plates being pivotally connected,depending fingers carried by the inner edges of the plates, tonguesstruck from said fingers, and a spring encircling said fingers and heldby said tongues.

WILLIAM E. SMALL.

Witnesses:

JosnPr-I E. DRAMBOURG, CHARLES MCKENNA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C

